It's from the german "Autoball WM"(Car Ball World Championship). It was one of the shows which emerged from "Schlag den Raab". "Schlag den Raab" was a TV series in which people competed in a lot of randomnly selected disciplines against Stefan Raab, who is a german comedian and moderator.

On a side note: Stefan Raab (inventor of this car ball) invited some lets players to play rocket league on his talkshow. Then he complained about how the developers "stole his idea" and how he will sue them.

I recommend it. It's the perfect game to play alongside other games since you can just hop into it and play a few if you need a break from something else, and I personally don't feel like my skill level drops if I don't play it for a couple weeks.

It's easy enough to pick up that my 5-year old can play and have fun, yet there is a lot of strategy that is also required.

I think the biggest thing is they nailed the timing. Being only 5 minutes a game, it's over fast enough that I can jump on just for a match if I don't have a lot of time. Yet, it's long enough that you can come back from an 0-2 or 0-3 deficit and win.

I wasn't too impressed before I played it either, but it sounded fun enough to try out. Over 1000 hours later, I'm still playing pretty much every day. The feeling of soaring through the air majestically and smashing the ball into the goal from crazy angles is just amazing.

When it comes to sports and other competitive games, people take the difference between man and car way too seriously.

I got thrown out when I tried to run a Nascar race with a car strapped to my back. I also saw similar discrimination when a go master told me that everyone in his household was skilled enough to beat me, and proceeded to slap me when I challenged his Toyota.

"Now when the Europeans were done ruining their continent with bland food and soccer riots and arrived in the Americas in the late 15th century, the subject soon turned to morality. You see, the Europeans wanted to colonize America so they had somebody to make fun of." - Maurice Chavez, Vice City Public Radio

It has a really steep learning curve but is fun from the beginning because it has good matchmaking. So hundreds of hours in and you still suck, but you're surrounded by other players that still suck so it's always a fun time.